Denver International Airport
Facts on DEN
Denver International Airport opened on February 28, 1995, 16 months behind schedule and costing $4.8 billion, replacing the old Stapleton Airport, whose closely spaced runways and lack of room to grow had caused chronic delays.
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DEN's most infamous landmark is "Blucifer," a 32-foot bright-blue fiberglass mustang sculpture with glowing red eyes that greets drivers on Pena Boulevard; its sculptor, Luis Jimenez, was killed in 2006 when a section of the piece fell on him while he was still building it.
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DEN's 33,531 acres make it by far the largest commercial airport by land area in North America, and its Runway 16R/34L stretches 16,000 feet -- the longest public-use runway in North America and the fifth-longest in the world.
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